Q. My dad was on the Mendota from 1944 until 1961, does anyone have any pictures of the crew of this time period, also pics of the ship at sea? Thank you in advance, please send to jim.dennison694@gmail.com.

A. Jennifer Daugherty, senior librarian in the North Carolina Room at the New Hanover County Public Library’s main branch, said she was unable to locate any such photos. She said you’re welcome to come in and search some of their archives.

If you visit google.com, type “coast guard mendota” into the search field, and then click on Images, you’ll find a number of photos of the ship. However, few of them depict the crew.

If any readers can help this gentleman, email him or let us know in the Comments section below.

One Response to “ Are there any photos of the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mendota?”

On April 9, 2017 at 7:42 am David Egelerwrote:

I was stationed on Mendota from 1962-1964 and have pictures of some of the crew at that time. If you are interested I can send copies to you. There also has been a reunion in Wilmington every so often the last one being just a few years ago. I have a good friend I still visit in Colonial Heights Va., Gerald Blalock, who was stationed around the same time, and between the two of us we have a few pictures of crew on board ship. We only know of a few left from that time period. Let me know if this can be helpful to you or anyone else. thanks Dave Egeler

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